A Family Supper Quizzes

A Family Supper Quiz 1

1 Who wrote "A Family Supper"?
Banana Yoshimoto

Fuku Eri

Haruki Murakami

Kazuo Ishiguro
2 Who narrates "A Family Supper"?
A ghost

Kazuo

An unnamed narrator

Kiki
3 When was "A Family Supper" published?
2001

1945

1999

1982
4 In what country is "A Family Supper" set?
Canada

Japan

United States

China
5 Near what major city does the action of "A Family Supper" take place?
Toronto

Tokyo

Beijing

New York
6 In what tense is "A Family Supper" narrated?
Future tense

Present tense

Pluperfect

Past tense
7 What form does "A Family Supper" take?
Play

Animated film

Novel

Short story
8 What genre is "A Family Supper"?
Science fiction

Nonfiction essay

Children's Literature

Literary fiction
9 What type of fish is fugu?
Tuna

Pufferfish

Eel

Salmon
10 Why does fugu hold significance for the narrator?
It's his favorite food

His family ran a fugu restaurant

His mother died from eating it

His father died from eating it
11 Where does fugu poison "reside" in the fish?
Its stomach

Its gills

Its sexual glands

Its eyes
12 What tends to happen to people when they eat improperly prepared fugu?
They writhe in pain all night and die by morning

They become bed-bound for a year

They die at the table

They go mad and run into the nearest body of water
13 Where was the narrator living when his mother died?
London

Toronto

Tokyo

California
14 Where is fugu considered a delicacy?
Canada

Japan

Germany

France
15 Which answer best defines "tatami"?
Type of fish

Variety of Japanese tea

Woven floor mat

Drinking glass
16 What historical figure does the narrator's father resemble?
Deng Xiaoping

Prime Minister Abe

Mao Zedong

Chou En-lai
17 Why did Father retire from working?
He sold his business

The government forced him into retirement

He wanted to spend more time with his wife

His firm collapsed
18 Who is Watanabe?
Kikuko's boyfriend

Father's business partner

The narrator's brother

Mother's brother
19 Why did Watanabe kill himself?
He had cheated on his wife

It was an accident

He was disgraced when his business collapsed

He had cheated on Kikuko
20 What does Kikuko do?
She is a doctor

She is a chef

She is a university student

She is a maid
21 Where does Kikuko live?
Osaka

Kamakura

Tokyo

Toronto
22 Which answer best defines "veranda"?
Synonym for lawn

Japanese pond

Covered patio

Zen rock garden
23 What habit does Kikuko conceal from her father but not her brother?
Chewing gum

Drinking

Spitting

Smoking
24 What is Kikuko's brother's name?
Watanabe

Kazumi

Kobe

Suichi
25 What is Kikuko considering doing after graduation?
Traveling America with her boyfriend

Jumping in a well

Moving home with her father

Finding her mother's killer

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